Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2012, 3:05 AM MST for Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Arizona. It took effect at Feb 14, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2012, 3:05 AM MST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WWUS75 KTWC 141005 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 305 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING WILL TRACK INTO ARIZONA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...ALONG WITH VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL. AZZ508-509-512-142200- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0001.120214T1800Z-120215T0200Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLCOX...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... CHIRICAHUA NM 305 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN STRENGTH LATE THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WILL INCREASE TO GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS EASTERN COCHISE...EASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. IN ADDITION...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
995 WWUS75 KTWC 142122 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 222 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA WILL TRACK THROUGH ARIZONA TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. AZZ508-509-512-150200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLCOX...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... CHIRICAHUA NM 222 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS EASTERN COCHISE...EASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. IN ADDITION... GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
220 WWUS75 KTWC 150202 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 702 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 AZZ508-509-512-150315- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLCOX...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... CHIRICAHUA NM 702 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUS... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.